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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Stewart at eight addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 178 other streets too, all listed on the Stewart name's own page.

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Where the Stewarts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    37 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Stewart, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Colarch at 23 and N Charlesworth at 45. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    212 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Charles Stewart, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M McIntyre at 204 and M Burnstein at 220. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    897 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Stewart, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F McLeod at 895. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    995 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs H Stewart, widow of D H 1940
    • Ken T Stewart, a druggist 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 983. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1525 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E M Stewart 1940
    • Lorraine L Stewart, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Perry at 1517 and S Abramson at 1533. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1925 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ella M Stewart, a saleswoman at Elite Style Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: L C De Cou at 1923 and H H Nicholson at 1933. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2545 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Pearl M Stewart, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Moravec at 2535 and Mrs A Fowler at 2555. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4459 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H R Stewart, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: S McLeod at 4439 and L Gilbert at 4465. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a saleswoman (2), a carpenter, a druggist, a fisherman, a helper and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and West Point Grey. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists W Stewart at 37 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Stewart there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Charles Stewart at 212 West 7th Avenue, a fisherman.

Mrs M Stewart is listed at 897 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marjary Stewart there as the householder, widow of W. Mrs H Stewart is listed at 995 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henrietta Stewart there as the householder, widow of D H, with Ken T Stewart, a druggist.

Mrs E M Stewart is listed at 1525 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel M Stewart there as the householder, with Lorraine L Stewart, a helper for Kelly Douglas. The 1940 name section lists Ella M Stewart at 1925 West 7th Avenue, a saleswoman at Elite Style Shop. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Pearl M Stewart at 2545 West 7th Avenue, a saleswoman.

H R Stewart is listed at 4459 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold R Stewart there as the householder, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

995 West 7th (1978), 1525 West 7th (1956) and 2545 West 7th (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 212 West 7th, 897 West 7th, 1925 West 7th and 4459 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 37 West 7th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under S. Want a name removed? Tell us.